7 Jun ’10 © 2009, Clothes on Film The Big Lebowski is brilliantly designed; the characters are concisely and efficiently illustrated, says KB from FrockTalk.com. Continue reading 8 Jan ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film Part two of a new Dual Analysis. Costume designer Kristin Burke from FrockTalk gives her thoughts on Rosemary’s Baby. Continue reading 31 Oct ’09 © 2009, Clothes on Film Beetle Juice was a wakeup call; the so-called ‘goth’ look had been dragged out from obscurity and put on to the big screen. Continue reading 10 Aug ’09 © 2009, Clothes on Film Establishing a new feature at Clothes on Film, the following review is written…

27 Aug ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film The costumes are somewhat…ahem….‘colourful’. Continue reading 25 Jun ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film A timeless example of how movie fashion extends beyond the screen. Continue reading 17 Jun ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film Baby’s ascent to womanhood is showcased through her wardrobe choices. Continue reading

15 Oct ’10 © 2010 Ben McCarthy. All rights reserved. Though George Clooney is excellent, The American fails to hit the emotional notes expected. Continue reading 26 Jun ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film Despite its routine ending, The Runaways is a music biopic to be reckoned with. Continue reading 19 Jun ’10 © 2010 Ben McCarthy. All rights reserved. Well made and well acted, but ruined by a jarring tone. Continue reading 3 May ’10 © 2010 Ben McCarthy. All rights reserved. A satisfactory start to the summer blockbuster season. Continue reading 5 Mar ’10 © 2010 Ben McCarthy. All rights reserved. Disappointingly, a missed opportunity for Tim Burton.…

11 Aug ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film The most memorable musical number ever captured on film, and Ginger Rogers’ dress contributes to this greatly. Continue reading 2 Apr ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film Sandy looks lovely, arguably lovelier than The Pink Ladies, but she looks like the sweet young lady a mother-in-law would adore. Continue reading 10 Nov ’09 © 2009, Clothes on Film One of the most famous costumes in Grease comes from Cha-Cha DiGregorio in her ruffled Flamenco-style dress at the dance-off. Continue reading 22 Sep ’09 © 2009, Clothes on Film Specialist websites suggest for a Pink Lady we need their jacket and a poodle…

31 May ’13 © 2013, HBO Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick brings Liberace back to life on stage and off. Continue reading 29 May ’13 © 2013, Pathe International The first still from Beauty and the Beast, aka La belle & la bête. Costumes by Pierre-Yves Gayraud. Continue reading 25 May ’13 © 2013, 20th Century Fox This week’s other costume design stories and links. Continue reading 23 May ’13 © 2013, Warner Bros. Pictures Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin bring us the twenties reloaded. Continue reading 21 May ’13 © 2013, Clothes on Film Some photographs from the recent So Dior exhibition at Harrods. Continue reading 19 May ’13 ©…

13 Sep ’11 © 2011, FilmDistrict For a guy who prefers the synthetic appeal of satin and alloy, physical contact is a violent business. Continue reading 26 Oct ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film Part 2 of our examination into how the Alien films have used costume design to contextualise primal terror. Continue reading 19 Oct ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film In the first of a two-part special, we examine how important costumes from the Alien films are in contextualising primal terror. Continue reading 13 Apr ’10 © 2010, Clothes on Film Only daft final act revelations offer release from Scorsese’s cinematic madhouse. Continue reading

Part two of a new Dual Analysis with Maggie from The Costumer’s Guide. The Young Victoria was a costume flick I’d been looking forward to ever since the first promo pics came out. This is for several reasons – one is that I’d read some great historical fiction about the young Victoria by Jean Plaidy. (She’s got a great reputation as a writer and I think she really captures Victoria and her life. If you’re interested, they are The Captive of Kensington Palace, The Queen and Lord M, The Queen’s Husband, and The Widow of Windsor). But we’re talking costumes. A second reason I was looking forward to this movie…

© 2009, Clothes on Film 5 May ’09 Grace Kelly (as Lisa Fremont) wears five separate outfits in Rear Window (1954) including one negligee. Three of these are exceptional standouts, each neatly representing a different sector of 1950s women’s fashion: dress, casual and tailored. All will be covered in time, but for now let’s start with the ‘fresh from the Paris plane’ dress, as designed by Edith Head, unquestionably the most famous movie costumer of all time; known for her clean and elegant ‘taste maker’ style: Fitted black bodice with deep V cut down to the bust and rear to the small of the back, off the shoulder neckline, cap…

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Public Enemies (2009, directed by Michael Mann) is chock full of accurately recreated and as such eminently covetable, early 1930s era garments, as designed by multi Oscar winner Colleen Atwood. Perhaps most enticing of all, however, is how one particular garment, a plain wool overcoat, actually powers the narrative of the film. It is the coat that killed John Dillinger. When we meet John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp), his criminal career, primarily as a bank robber, is in full swing. He is wearing that conspicuous badge of honour for all those in his ‘gentlemen’s’ fraternity – expensive clothes. They were the ‘bling’ of their day and tended to be…